The Brooklyn Treatment Court (BTC) offers substance abuse treatment as an alternative to incarceration for nonviolent felony and misdemeanor drug offenders arrested in Brooklyn, New York. The Brooklyn Treatment Court emerged out of the realization that criminal behavior among drug-addicted offenders often results from having to support a drug addiction, not from deep-seated criminality.

By offering court-monitored treatment, the Brooklyn Treatment Court aims to break the damaging and costly cycle of addiction, crime, and incarceration. The Brooklyn Treatment Court thereby aims to improve the life chances of its participants and to decrease the prevalence of drug addiction and drug-related crime in Brooklyn, New York.